UAW president Shawn Fain has set high expectations and assured union members that they can achieve significant gains if they are willing to walk picket lines.
DETROIT — A 46-per-cent pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A restoration of traditional pensions.
Shawn Fain, who won the UAW's presidency this spring in the first direct election by members, has set high expectations and assured union members that they can achieve significant gains if they are willing to walk picket lines. "They get out-of-control salaries," he said."They get pensions they don't even need. They get top-rate health care. They work whatever schedule they want. The majority of our members do not get a pension nowadays. It's crazy. We get substandard health care. We don't get to work remotely."
All three automakers have countered that the union's charges are baseless and that they're seeking a fair deal that would allow them to invest in the future. "These battery workers deserve the same wage and salary standards that generations of auto workers have fought for," Fain told members.
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